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I found it disturbing to note that many real estate agents in Australia are unaware of the requirements of the Spam Act (Spam Act 2003) and the DNCR Act (Do Not Call Register Act 2006). From time to time, I do receive junk mails from real estate agents, but I didn’t realise that, by and [...]
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The other day, Biz Stone of Twitter came out with an email broadcast that changes had been made in Twitter’s Terms of Service (TOS). The modifications address issues relating to advertising, tweet ownership, APIs and spam.
Already we hear criticisms regarding the changes in Twitter’s TOS. The criticisms are not so much on advertising, APIs and [...]
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The Minister for Immigration and Citizenship, Senator Chris Evans, in his statements issued Monday 25 May again gave assurance that the temporary visa skilled workers program will not be used to undermine local labour.
Senator Evans said that the number of visa applications for subclass 457 visas lodged in April 2009 was the lowest rate in [...]
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In my article about Australia’s 457 visa program last month, I wrote that “Australia cannot be any different from other countries tending to be more inward looking in times of recession.”
It looks like our apprehension came sooner than expected.
During the weekend, SMH reported that next week’s federal budget will reduce the general skilled migration intake [...]
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We support petitions for worthy causes. Our support is for hand-signed petitions or emails sent directly to persons in a position to influence other decision makers or those who make the decision themselves.
We make this possible by providing a facility allowing our members and users to download a copy of the petition which can be [...]
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Last month, the Australian government decided that the country can now import Cavendish bananas from the Philippines.
The decision made through Biosecurity Australia, the Commonwealth’s agency responsible for undertaking science-based, quarantine-related risk analyses called Import Risk Analyses (IRA), has opened up a market that Philippine banana growers have sought to enter since 1995.
In its determination [...]
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Cardinal George Pell, Catholic Archbishop of Sydney, said yesterday on morning television that condoms worsen the spread of HIV and AIDS, a news service reported.
The statement is in support of Pope Benedict’s controversial claim blaming the spread of AIDS to the use of condoms.
The news report said that Cardinal Pell compared the different incidence rates [...]
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Last February, I wrote Good news and bad news for overseas skilled workers in Australia which foreshadowed the changes to Australia’s 457 visa program.
The changes are now upon us. Last Tuesday, the Office of Senator Chris Evans, Minister for Immigration and Citizenship announced the changes principal of which is the indexation of the minimum salary [...]
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